Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain vs Keeley Hydra

The Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain and the Keeley Hydra are both pedals sharing ambient. The Keeley Hydra leans shimmer.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

41% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Ambient
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • ambient
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
0%
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Price

$129.83via Reverb

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Description

The Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain is a multi-effect reverb pedal from Electro-Harmonix, combining reverb, tremolo, pitch shifting, and distortion in one unit with a mode selector for choosing between effect combinations. The Holy Stain offers spring reverb, hall reverb, tremolo-plus-reverb, and pitch-shifted reverb modes. A four-knob design with Mode selector covers all the integrated effect combinations in one pedal.

The Keeley Hydra is a dual multi-head delay and shimmer reverb pedal from Keeley Electronics (Edmond, Oklahoma), delivering lush ambient shimmer reverb alongside a configurable multi-head delay in one comprehensive stereo unit. The Hydra provides the complete ambient guitar palette of shimmer, hall reverb, and modulated delay at Keeley Oklahoma boutique quality for ambient and post-rock players.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Electronic
  • Post-Rock
Tonal lean
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  • shimmer
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Worship

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